Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier
Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier (born April 3, 1797 in Tournai ; † July 9, 1878 ibid) was a Belgian botanist and member of the Chamber of Deputies. Its botanical author abbreviation is " Dumort. "; earlier the abbreviation “ Dum. " in use.
Honors
In 1832 he was elected a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina .
The plant genera Dumortiera Nees and Dumortieropsis Horik were named in his honor . from the order of the liverworts ( Marchantiales ) and a genus of the ammonites Dumortieria Westend. named. Furthermore, a floristic magazine (Dumortiera) published in Belgium is named after him.
Writings and works
Dumortier's main work is " Analyze des familles des plantes ... " from 1829. This work is still the root of many plant classifications.
Other works by him are:
- Commentationes botanicae. Observations botaniques , C. Casterman-Dieu, Tournay 1823.
- Observations sur les graminées de la flore de Belgique , J. Casterman aîné, Tournay 1824.
- Florula Belgica , 1827.
- Analysis of the familles des plantes, avec l'indication des principaux genres qui s'y rattachent , J. Casterman aîné, Tournay 1829.
- Lettres sur le manifeste du Roi et les griefs de la nation, par Belgicus , J. Casterman aîné, Tournay 1830.
- Sylloge Jungermannidearum Europae indigenarum, earum genera et species systematice complectens , J. Casterman aîné, Tournay 1830.
- Recherches sur la structure comparée et le développement des animaux et des végétaux , M. Hayez, Brussels 1832.
- Essai carpographique présentant une nouvelle classification des fruits , M. Hayez, Brussels 1835.
- La Belgique et les vingt-quatre articles , Société nationale, Brussels 1838.
- Observations complémentaires sur le partage des dettes des Pays-Bas , Société nationale, Brussels 1838.
swell
- Walter Erhardt, Erich Götz, Nils Bödecker, Siegmund Seybold: The great pikeperch - encyclopedia of plant names . Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-8001-5406-7 .
- Dumortiera magazine
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier at the IPNI
Individual evidence
- ↑ member entry of Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier-Rutteau at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , accessed November 22, 2015.
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dumortier, Barthélemy Charles Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian botanist and member of the Chamber of Deputies |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1797 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tournai |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 9, 1878 |
| Place of death | Tournai |